Decanter.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
‘Wine is not a sin' were the opening words from Jean-Robert Pitte, the former president of the Sorbonne University to a wine conference in Italy last week.
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
* * * * * What does Dubai have to do with Spain and especially Spanish wine or food, including the upcoming W ineFuture-Rioja 2009 conference whose (recently "resigned") Director is Pancho Campo, President (recently "resigned') of the Wine Academy, the official organizer of the event? And what does all this have to do with Pancho Campo, Robert M. Parker, Jr., Jancis Robinson, Kevin Zraly,...
Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish... (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
* * * * * On Sept. 4th:, Decanter published Arrest warrant posted for Spanish Wine Academy director co-authored by investigative reporter, Jim Budd, and Decanter editor, Adam Lechmere. And on October 2, Decanter published Pancho Campo resigns to 'focus on clearing name', this time also signed by Adam Lechmere and Jim Budd: "Pancho Campo MW has stepped down as director of the Wine Future Rioja...
Webomatica (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Synopsis Snooty British wine critic Steven Spurrier voyages to Napa Valley to find wines for a blind taste test in France, pitting unknown American wines against French vintages. Loosely based on the true story of the 1976 " Judgment of Paris " competition.
Bordeaux-Undiscovered (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Decanter has awarded Chateau La Fleur Morange 2007 a Bronze Medal in their World Wine Awards: Bronze medal : Rich black fruit on nose, concentrated, some new wood notes. Dense black fruit. Very classy However I must point out that Decanter quoted the wrong price - it is in fact £33.17 a bottle, in bond or £196 for a case of 6. Robert Parker has rated it at 91-93 points but as yet hasn’t...
Another Food Blog (Free subscription) | 26/05/2009
There’s nothing quite so satisfyingly relaxing as a good glass of wine and an excellent movie, and this time, the movie was about wine, too. I watched ‘Bottle Shock’, starring Alan Rickman and Chris Pine, where the former plays Steven Spurrier, who organised a famous blind tasting just outside Paris in 1976 which disspelled the [...]
Pelz On Wine (Free subscription) | 20/05/2009
I was reading the new Decanter today and caught an interesting story by Steven Spurrier about what he calls the bursting of the Champagne bubble. According to the article, UK sales of Sparkling wines are fast closing in on Champagne sales. Spurrier thinks that Champagne will have lower sales than Sparkling wine before 2009 is over. The article goes on to state that in past recessions, Champagne sales...
CellarBlog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
I Virginia wines are going to be represented at the . This is, obviously, a really big deal and the wineries owners I've talked to are naturally excited.But, it is not just Virginia winemakers who are excited, it seems the international community is excited as well. Check out what Steven Spurrier said about wines:Veramar Vineyards 2007 Chardonnay:Fresh pale yellow, good broad Chardonnay fruit backed...
in the open space: God & culture (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
“Wine is sunlight held together by water.” –Galileo Galilei as quoted by sommelier and wine shop owner Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman) in Bottle Shock. “Good wine shops are like good book stores, with good stories and history waiting to be discovered on those shelves.” –Me, Twitter Last summer, I happened to read an article in Smithsonian Magazine about a Lebanese...
artdiamondblog.com (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
"Alan Rickman portrays Steven Spurrier, the British wine dealer who organized a famous blind wine tasting near Paris in 1976, in Randall Miller's "Bottle Shock."" Source of the caption and photo: online version of the WSJ article quoted and...
The Anniston Star Online (Free subscription) | 06/05/2009
I have often written of the 1976 Paris wine tasting where little-known American wines bested those of the French giants. At the time Steven Spurrier, English author and wine critic, operated a struggling wine shop and school in Paris.
The First Post (Free subscription) | 20/04/2009
On May 24, 1976 a young British wine merchant, Steven Spurrier, arranged a blind tasting in Paris between the top wines of Bordeaux and the relatively unknown top…
The Prodigal Guide (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
The Guide loves food & drink and films. So, is it any surprise that we’re looking forward to Randy Miller’s upcoming Bottle Shock? The film tells the true(ish) story of Steven Spurrier, a sommelier in Paris, who in 1976 comes to the Napa Valley to take the best he can find back to Paris for a [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/03/2009
To wine buffs the 1976 blind-tasting of the old-world French and the brash new Californians as organised by the Academie du Vin's Steven Spurrier is a landmark.
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
BOTTLE SHOCK is the enjoyable story of the rise of California wines to international acclaim and acceptance. The fact-based story, set in 1976, concerns Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), a Brit with a failing French wine shop. Spurrier dreams up a blind wine-tasting competition between French and Napa wines as a publicity tool, assuming that the French wines will win, but the "Judgement of Paris"...
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